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FACEPROTECTOR.

BPECIEICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,491, dated December 16, 1884.

Application filed April To @ZZ 'lull/0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARKER Pinon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sandy Run, in the county ot' Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FaceProtectors; and I do declare the following to be a l'nll, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or tigures ot' reference marked thereon, which t'orin a part ot' this specitication.

Figure l. ot' the drawings is a representation ol" this invention, and is a perspective view ol" the protector as worn upon the tace. Fig. 2 the covering, showing the manner of adjusting the wires.

This invention has relation to devices for protecting the more exposed features from cold; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed ont in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the central portion of' the protector, which is a noseAt'ralne of wire, covered by cloth. This trarne consists ofthe side bars, a, convex .ridge-bar b, and the curved base bar c, the latter being formed to pass infront or under the base of the nose, as may be desired. Hinge-loops d oi" the nose'i'raine, at the upper and lower ends ofthe lateral bars,con ncct with cheeki'rames B, which are designed to fit the projecting portion ofthe cheeks7 and are made in elliptical or round lorm, and usually with transverse convex bars c, adapted to hold the covering-cloth outward from the skin7 as Well as to strengthen the frame. "When it is not desired to protect the cheeks, the wire of the cheek-frame only should be covered, Ilach cheek-frame is made with a Wing-frame, f, next the nose-frame, and said wing-frame is hinged to said nose-frame. The wing-frame should be covered with the saine 1884. (Xo model.)

l piece of cloth which covers the nose-frame. The wing-frame and cheelei'rame are connected by a twist-joint or pliable joint at 71 enabling the cheek-pieces to `be bent a little upward or downward to cause them to assume the proper position relative to the nose-frame to tit the checks, whether the cheek-bones be high or low.

D I) are the ear-t'rames, consisting of the inner holding wire bar, y, the outer circu1nscribing bar, k, and the convex transverse ribbars Z,

with cloth. The Viront bar, mi, of the eartraine is made with an oftset-loop,s, from which a rubber strip, e, extends, connecting the ear- `frame tothe outer end of the cheek-frame.

the wearer to readily adjust the protector, as it appears that the distance from the nose to the cars varies in ditl'erent people, sometimes in a marked manner.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-n l. lhe hinged nosc-l'irotector A, consisting of a wire frame having lateral bars and curved ridge and base bars, the wing-frames C, hinged thereto, the covering-cloth, and means for holding the protector in place, substantially as specilied.

2. rI`he comliinatiomwith the cheek-frames and the wire frames ot' the ear-protectors, of the hinged nose-trame and the elastic connections between the cheek-trames and the ear-frames, substantially as specified.

3. The protector consisting of the cheekframes having wing-frames connected thereto by pliable joints, the hinged nose-frame, the ear-frames connected to the cheek-frames by elastic strips7 and the cloth coverings of the frames, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PARKER PRICE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD SNYDER, Giras. T. ToMnLnn,

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